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March 7, 2023, Posted in Drama, social conflict, Thriller, Crime, Socio-political struggle

Visitor at Dawn (1973)

— 125 min - Drama, Socio-political struggle, Crime, Thriller, Mystery - 1 January 1973

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Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment. The prosecutor moves to the scene of the incident and tries to reach the murderer.

Director:  Mamduh Shukry

Writers:  Mamduh Shukry, Rafiq Saban

Stars:  Ezzat ElAlaili, Magda ElKhatib, Shukry Sarhan, Taheya Cariocca, Yousuf Shaaban, Madiha Kamel, Saeed Saleh

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Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment...

March 5, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

الطوق والإسوارة (1986)

— 115 min - Crime, Drama, Music, Social Criticism - 7 June 1986

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In 1933 in the village of Karnak in Luxor, sad lives with her husband Bakhit Bishari paraplegic and TB disease.

Director:  Khairy Beshara

Writers:  Khairy Beshara, Abdelrahman El-Abnoudy, Yahia Azmy, Yahya El Taher Abdullah

Stars:  Izzat Al-Alayli, Sherihan (Fahima / Farhana), Firdous Abdel-Hamid (sad), Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (Al-Haddad Al-Jabali - Fahima's husband), Abdullah Mahmoud (Saad - Ibn Al-Hadadah), Ahmed Badr, Muhammad Mounir (Professor / Muhammad), Samir Abdel Latif (the postman), Hanan Youssef (the blacksmith - the blacksmith's sister), Ah...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Land (1969)

— 129 min - Drama - 27 January 1969

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Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Muhammad Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Then Mahmoud Bey proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Hassan Fuad

Stars:  Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat ElAlaili, Yahia Shaheen, Hamdy Ahmed, Tawfiq ElDekn, Salah El-Saadany, Ali Al Sharif, Abdel Warith Assir, Abdel Rahman ElKhamesy, Ashraf ElSelehdar, Hussein Ismail, Fatma Imara‏, Abdel Mohsen Selim, M...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Alexandria… Why? (1979)

— 133 min - Drama - 6 October 1979

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Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia, retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of one-day studying filmmaking in America, but after falling in love and discovering the lies of European occupation, Yehia profoundly reevaluates his identity and allegiances.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine, Mohsen Zayed

Stars:  Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Mohsena Tawfiq, Abd Allah Mahmoud, Ahmed Zaki, Naglaa Fathy, Farid Shawqi, Laila Hamada, Zeinab Sedky, Ezzat ElAlaili, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Saif...